Persistence of the Sacred

German Catholic Pilgrimage, 1832-1937

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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For millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mysteries of sickness, life, and death. The Persistence of the Sacred explores the religious worldviews of Europeans who travelled to Trier and Aachen, two cities in Western Germany, to view the sacred relics in their cathedrals.The Persistence of the Sacred challenges the narrative of widespread secularization in Europe during the long nineteenth century and reveals that religious practices thrived well into the modern period. It shows both that men were more active in their faith than historians have realized and how clergy and pilgrims did not always agree about the meaning of relics. Drawing on private ephemeral and material sources including films, photographs, postcards, correspondence, and souvenirs, Skye Doney uncovers the enduring and diverse sacred worldview of German Catholics and argues that laity and clergy had very different perspectives on the meaning of pilgrimage.Recovering the history of Catholic pilgrimage, The Persistence of the Sacred aims to understand the relationship between relics and religiosity, between modernity and faith, and between humanity and God.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-10-03
Mått158 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGerman and European Studies
Antal sidor372
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487543105

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Archive AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsSelect Dates in German Catholicism: 1813–1939Introduction1. What They Practiced: Prayer, Songs, and Processions2. Modern Miracles3. The Sacred Economy4. Rending Religiosity: Johannes Ronge and the 1840s Trier Controversy5. Clerical Crossroads: Medical Verifiability of the Sacred6. Historical Authenticity as PresenceConclusion: Verifying PresenceAppendix 1: Selected Pilgrim Songs in Translation, 1839–1933Appendix 2: Daily Pilgrim Totals in 1891Appendix 3: Daily Pilgrim Totals in 1933Appendix 4: Holy Coat Songs in Trier Hymnal, 1846–1955Appendix 5: Pilgrimage DatesAppendix 6: 1933 Trier Pilgrimage Sick Pilgrim ComplaintsAppendix 7: 1867 Aachen Closing Ceremony ProcessionBibliography

"An eminently readable and very fruitful study." - Jonathan Sperber, University of Missouri (Catholic Historical Review) "The work offers readers new, engaging ways of thinking about German Catholicism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and provides a glimpse into the world of everyday German Catholics and their attempts to navigate the practice of their religious faith in the modern world." - Beth Griech-Polelle, Pacific Lutheran University (German Studies Review) "Offering a tightly bounded history of Catholic pilgrimages to Trier and Aachen, Skye Doney has ably foregrounded how Catholicism in Germany, both as an institutional religion and as a mass movement of millions, sought to straddle faith and empirically-based science." - Matthew P. Fitzpatrick, Flinders University (Journal of Religious History) "An important study that broadens our understanding of Catholic faith and practice in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." - Kevin P. Spicer C.S.C., Stonehill College (Central European History)